An honor guard, followed by members of Georgia’s Black Caucus, carries the casket of late U.S. Congressman John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives who died July 17, from the Georgia State Capitol building en route to his funeral in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. July 30, 2020. Alyssa Pointer/Pool via REUTERS.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - In a fiery eulogy for longtime U.S. Representative John Lewis on Thursday, former President Barack Obama took a series of thinly veiled shots at the actions of his successor that he said tore at the legacy of the Black civil rights icon being laid to rest.
The funeral for Lewis, who played an instrumental role in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, came on the same day Republican President Donald Trump suggested the Nov. 3 election could be delayed. Trump has also waged a war against mail-in ballots, a tactic critics say is aimed at suppressing votes.
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